Staff Data Scientist — Lifetime Value Modeling

Drive Capital; United States; Remote; USD 171,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is hiring a Staff Data Scientist I to design, develop, and oversee models powering the customer lifetime value ecosystem. You will guide data scientists and partner with ML engineers on production deployment, delivering high-impact models for marketing, finance, and product.

You will frame modeling questions, drive exploration, and ensure robust experimentation, validation, and monitoring across a complex ML system. Strong leadership and communication are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years delivering high-impact data science work, including modeling and experimentation.
• Strong survival analysis expertise and statistical grounding.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with production ML experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and oversight of lifetime value models and workflows.
• Guide data scientists and partner with ML engineers on production deployment.
• Frame modeling problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and set experimental standards.
• Collaborate with teams to align modeling with marketing, finance, and product.

Skills

Python

SQL

Survival analysis

Data science

Experimentation

Communication

Leadership

Modeling

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Statistics/CS/Economics

Tools

AWS

Docker

dbt

Airflow

Metaflow

Step Functions

MLflow

Job description

Root is hiring a Staff Data Scientist I to design, develop, and oversee models powering the customer lifetime value ecosystem. You will guide data scientists and partner with ML engineers on production deployment, delivering high-impact models for marketing, finance, and product.

You will frame modeling questions, drive exploration, and ensure robust experimentation, validation, and monitoring across a complex ML system. Strong leadership and communication are required.